Posted by Editoress on 01/30/13
Wild Hits Back
As is often the case in Qatar, wind was the main theme of the day's second stage. After three riders escaped in an early breakaway, the race favourites made the best of the cross wind to advantage. After catching the escapees, 9 went clear to Al Khor where Kirsten Wild captured her first victory of the year, claiming a record fourth stage win in Qatar. The Golden jersey remains on the shoulders of Chloe Hosking, who finished fourth today.
88 riders at the start. Dry and windy
Similar to a year ago, the 88 riders of the Ladies Tour of Qatar started off in windy conditions from the Camel Race Track just outside Doha for a 96km trip to Al Khor and its corniche. After just 6.5kms, China's Jiang (GPC) broke away and was rapidly caught by two other eager riders: Jasinska (MCG) and Cordon (FRA). While the pack had to deal with a strong head wind, the gap increased from 2 sec at km 20 to a maximum 8:50 at the first intermediate sprint (km 38.5) won by Jiang ahead of Jasinska and Cordon.
As the wind changed direction, blowing sideways on the peloton, nine riders powered away from the pack at km 39 including event leader Chloe Hosking (HPU), as well as former winners of the race Kirsten Wild (SKI) and Ellen van Dijk (SLU). At km 46, the leading three could still enjoy a 4:40 advantage on the golden jersey group and 5:15 over a bunch including Bronzini, Gilmore (both WHT) and Brennauer (SLU).
The second bonus sprint (km 60) was again claimed by Jiang in front of Jasinska and Cordon, while the favourites' group moved closer, 1:30 adrift. The escapees were eventually caught at km 63. Twelve competitors continued powering to the finish, enjoying a 1 min lead with 20 kilometres to go.
After Cordon and Jiang dropped out of the front group, nine riders could start considering the stage win. One after the other, the five Orica-AIS riders tried to break away but were caught on each attack. It would come down to a sprint! Despite being the only member of her team, Kirsten Wild captured the win, her first this year and fourth in Qatar, making her the record holder in terms of stage victories, one better than Bronzini.
Chloe Hosking captured a fine fourth spot on the line, keeping command of the overall standings. The Australian of team Hitec Products UCK however remains under the pressure of Elvin (GEW), 6 sec adrift and Wild, only 9 sec behind. Hosking also leads the points and best young rider standings.
Stage 2: Camel Race Track to Al Khor Corniche, 96 km | |
1 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | 2:38:54 |
2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized - lululemon | |
3 Elen van Dijk (Ned) Specialized - lululemon | |
4 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec Products UCK | |
5 Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica - AIS | |
6 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica - AIS | |
7 Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Mcipollini Giordana | |
8 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Orica - AIS | all s.t. |
9 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Orica - AIS | 0:06 |
10 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Orica - AIS | 0:14 |
11 Audrey Cordon (Fra) French National Team | 1:12 |
12 Xiu Jie Jiang (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | s.t. |
13 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | 1:30 |
14 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Specialized - lululemon | |
15 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Italian National Team | |
16 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Mcipollini Giordana | |
17 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Italian National Team | |
18 Marlen Jöhrend (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | |
19 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Rabo Women Cycling Team | |
20 Roxanne Knetemann (Ned) Rabo Women Cycling Team | |
21 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Women Cycling Team | |
22 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Italian National Team | |
23 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Wiggle Honda | |
24 Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | |
25 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | |
26 Carmen Small (USA) Specialized - lululemon | |
27 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | |
28 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
29 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Team TIBCO-to the Top | |
30 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Team TIBCO-to the Top | |
31 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Wiggle Honda | |
32 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec Products UCK | all s.t. |
33 Roxane Fournier (Fra) French National Team | 4:29 |
34 Emily Collins (NZl) Wiggle Honda | |
35 Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) Rabo Women Cycling Team | |
36 Sara Grifi (Ita) Mcipollini Giordana | |
37 Lang Meng (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | |
38 Li Na Shi (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | |
39 Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Team TIBCO-to the Top | |
40 Thea Thorsen (Nor) Hitec Products UCK | |
41 Janneke Kanis-Busser (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | |
42 Kim De Baat (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
43 Anna Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) Wiggle Honda | |
44 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Team TIBCO-to the Top | |
45 Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Italian National Team | |
46 Stephanie Pohl (Ger) German National Team | |
47 Béatrice Bartelloni (Ita) Wiggle Honda | |
48 Shelley Olds (USA) Team TIBCO-to the Top | |
49 Simona Frapporti (Ita) BEPINK | |
50 Loren Rowney (Aus) Specialized - lululemon | |
51 Marion Rousse (Fra) French National Team | |
52 Jessie MacLean (Aus) Orica - AIS | |
53 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) French National Team | |
54 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Hitec Products UCK | |
55 Annelies Visser (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
56 Katie Colclough (GBr) Specialized - lululemon | |
57 Giulia Donato (Ita) BEPINK | |
58 Martine Bras (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
59 Charlotte Lenting (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
60 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) BEPINK | all s.t. |
61 Thalita de Jong (Ned) Rabo Women Cycling Team | 7:42 |
62 Fan Li Shen (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | |
63 Jessie Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Bioracer | |
64 Lisa Küllmer (Ger) German National Team | |
65 Rebecca Talen (Ned) Rabo Women Cycling Team | |
66 Mieke Kröger (Ger) German National Team | |
67 Mélanie Bravard (Fra) French National Team | |
68 Kelly Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Bioracer | |
69 Dong Yan Huang (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | |
70 Valentina Carretta (Ita) Mcipollini Giordana | all s.t. |
71 Nel de Crits (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Bioracer | 7:46 |
72 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Mcipollini Giordana | 7:52 |
73 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Mcipollini Giordana | |
74 Chiara Vannucci (Ita) Italian National Team | |
75 Noemi Cantele (Ita) BEPINK | |
76 Tone Hatteland Lima (Nor) Hitec Products UCK | all s.t. |
77 Anna Barensfeld (USA) Team TIBCO-to the Top | 14:43 |
78 Madeleine Ortmüller (Ger) German National Team | |
79 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) BEPINK | both s.t. |
80 Sarah Scharbach (Ger) German National Team | 15:02 |
81 Tessa de Moyer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Bioracer | |
82 Wan Yiu Jamie Wong (HKg) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | |
83 Doris Schweizer (Sui) BEPINK | |
84 Eline de Roover (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Bioracer | |
85 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Italian National Team | |
86 Melodie Lesueur (Fra) French National Team | |
87 Anisha Vekemans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Bioracer | all s.t. |
DNF Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
GC | |
1 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec Products UCK | 5:02:33 |
2 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica - AIS | at 0:06 |
3 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | 0:09 |
4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized - lululemon | 0:16 |
5 Elen van Dijk (Ned) Specialized - lululemon | 0:18 |
6 Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica - AIS | 0:19 |
7 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Orica - AIS | 0:21 |
8 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Specialized - lululemon | 1:38 |
9 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Wiggle Honda | 1:50 |
10 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Mcipollini Giordana | 1:51 |
11 Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Wiggle Honda | 1:52 |
12 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec Products UCK | s.t. |
13 Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Mcipollini Giordana | 2:03 |
14 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Orica - AIS | 2:13 |
15 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Orica - AIS | 2:21 |
16 Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | 2:28 |
17 Xiu Jie Jiang (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | 3:13 |
18 Audrey Cordon (Fra) French National Team | 3:17 |
19 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Italian National Team | 3:37 |
20 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Italian National Team | |
21 Carmen Small (USA) Specialized - lululemon | |
22 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Women Cycling Team | |
23 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Rabo Women Cycling Team | |
24 Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
25 Chantal Blaak (Ned) Team TIBCO-to the Top | |
26 Claudia Hausler (Ger) Team TIBCO-to the Top | |
27 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | |
28 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Italian National Team | |
29 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | |
30 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | |
31 Roxanne Knetemann (Ned) Rabo Women Cycling Team | all s.t. |
32 Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) Rabo Women Cycling Team | 4:41 |
33 Shelley Olds (USA) Team TIBCO-to the Top | |
34 Simona Frapporti (Ita) BEPINK | |
35 Stephanie Pohl (Ger) German National Team | |
36 Katie Colclough (GBr) Specialized - lululemon | all s.t. |
37 Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Team TIBCO-to the Top | 5:01 |
38 Li Na Shi (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | 6:36 |
39 Emily Collins (NZl) Wiggle Honda | |
40 Sara Grifi (Ita) Mcipollini Giordana | |
41 Lang Meng (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | |
42 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) French National Team | |
43 Giulia Donato (Ita) BEPINK | |
44 Thea Thorsen (Nor) Hitec Products UCK | |
45 Béatrice Bartelloni (Ita) Wiggle Honda | |
46 Marion Rousse (Fra) French National Team | |
47 Janneke Kanis-Busser (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | |
48 Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Team TIBCO-to the Top | |
49 Kim De Baat (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
50 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) BEPINK | |
51 Loren Rowney (Aus) Specialized - lululemon | |
52 Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Italian National Team | |
53 Martine Bras (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
54 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Hitec Products UCK | |
55 Charlotte Lenting (Ned) Dutch National Team | |
56 Anna Bianca Schnitzmeier (Ger) Wiggle Honda | |
57 Jessie MacLean (Aus) Orica - AIS | all s.t. |
58 Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Mcipollini Giordana | 8:14 |
59 Thalita de Jong (Ned) Rabo Women Cycling Team | 9:49 |
60 Jessie Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Bioracer | |
61 Fan Li Shen (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | |
62 Kelly Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Bioracer | |
63 Dong Yan Huang (Chn) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | |
64 Rebecca Talen (Ned) Rabo Women Cycling Team | |
65 Valentina Carretta (Ita) Mcipollini Giordana | all s.t. |
66 Noemi Cantele (Ita) BEPINK | 9:59 |
67 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Mcipollini Giordana | s.t. |
68 Marlen Jöhrend (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | 10:59 |
69 Annelies Visser (Ned) Dutch National Team | 13:58 |
70 Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) BEPINK | 16:50 |
71 Wan Yiu Jamie Wong (HKg) China Chongming-Giant Pro Cycling | 17:09 |
72 Lisa Küllmer (Ger) German National Team | 17:11 |
73 Mélanie Bravard (Fra) French National Team | |
74 Mieke Kröger (Ger) German National Team | both s.t. |
75 Nel de Crits (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Bioracer | 17:15 |
76 Chiara Vannucci (Ita) Italian National Team | 17:21 |
77 Anna Barensfeld (USA) Team TIBCO-to the Top | 24:12 |
78 Madeleine Ortmüller (Ger) German National Team | s.t. |
79 Sarah Scharbach (Ger) German National Team | 24:31 |
80 Doris Schweizer (Sui) BEPINK | |
81 Melodie Lesueur (Fra) French National Team | |
82 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Italian National Team | all s.t. |
83 Roxane Fournier (Fra) French National Team | 25:13 |
84 Tone Hatteland Lima (Nor) Hitec Products UCK | 28:36 |
85 Tessa de Moyer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Bioracer | 35:46 |
86 Eline de Roover (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Bioracer | |
87 Anisha Vekemans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Bioracer | both s.t. |
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